CNNSI.com - Pro Football - MNF ratings remain steady despite Madden's debut - Tuesday September 10, 2002 04:08 PM

Duh. John Madden is great, but people don't tune in to hear the announcers. They tune in for the game. Announcers might get them to tune out. I'll throw in that last year's season premiere featured a team from the nation's largest market that was also a defending conference champion, the New York Giants.